Activities & Restaurants

Gîte La Pastorale has hand-picked a selection of bars, brasseries and restaurants in the area especially for you. From traditional cooking to fine dining, our recommended places offer a wide range of regional specialities and other culinary delights.

Restaurants

• La Fleur de Thym – Route de Liège 34, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 97 08 – www.lafleurdethym.be (Fine dining).
• La grillade Ardennaise – Place du Crucifix, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 25 56 99 (French cuisine, grill).
• Chez l’Italien – Place du Roi Albert 20, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 46 46 11 (Italian cuisine).
• Alta Falisia – Place du Roi Albert 15, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 81 27 (Chinese cuisine).
• Taverne de la Chouffe – Achouffe 9, 6666 Achouffe – +32 61 28 94 55 – www.achouffe.be (Belgian cuisine).
• La Petite Fontaine – Achouffe 26, 6666 Achouffe – +32 61 51 35 53 – www.achouffe.be (Brasserie).
• La Grange – Achouffe 7, 6666 Achouffe – +32 61 28 86 01 – www.lagrangeachouffe.be (Belgian cuisine).

Bars – Cafés

• Le Rallye – Rue du Pont 9, 6660 Houffalize – +32 473 60 85 88 – www.cafelerallye-houffalize.be (Brasserie and bar).
• oH Rock Café – Route de Liège 2, 6660 Houffalize – +32 475 81 43 36 – www.ohrock.be (Lively café).
• Le Scotch’Inn – Route de Liège 8, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 85 67 (Bar, pub).

Quick bites

• Le Croqu’en Bouche – Route de Liège 6, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 50 25 22 (Light meals and snacks).
• La Tonnelle – Route de Liège 689, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 89 11 (Chip shop (friterie)).
• Autre Chose – Rue du Pont 3, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 97 38 (Chip shop (friterie)).
• Pita Bodrum – Rue de Schaerbeek 26, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 40 22 63 (Pitta).

Shops

• Spar Colruyt Group Houffalize – Route de Liège 9, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 83 93 (Supermarket).
• Proxy Delhaize – Place du Roi Albert 23, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 90 17 (Supermarket).
• Boulangerie Philippart – Place du Roi Albert 1er 24, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 80 89 – www.boulangeriephilippart.be (Bakery).
• Boulangerie Pâtisserie du Hérou – Rue Ville-Basse 3, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 96 03 (Bakery & tea room).
• La Symphonie des Saveurs – Place de l’Église, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 32 11 09 (Bakery & tea room).
• Boucherie Glaude – Rue du Pont 7, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 80 75 – www.boucherie-glaude.be (Butcher & charcuterie).

With its ideal location close to the Ourthe (Houffalize is 2 km away), the holiday home offers plenty to do: waymarked walks, mountain biking, swimming, fishing, tennis, kayaking, wildlife parks, cross-country skiing…

Houffalize (2 km away) – www.houffalize.be – www.coeurdelardenne.be

• Sports centre (tennis, mountain biking, playground…) – Cour de l’Abbaye 15, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 90 52
• Aqual’O swimming pool – Ol Fosse d’Outh 1, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 88 01 – www.vayamundo.be
• Houtopia – Place de l’Église 17, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 92 05 – www.houtopia.be
• Fishing (Chasse et Pêche, Moulin de Bistain, Moulin de Rensiwez)
• Cycling (bike hire at Houffa Bike) – Avenue de la Gare 23, 6660 Houffalize – +32 61 28 93 13 – www.houffa-bike.com
• Hiking and forest walks (waymarked trails) – Ask at the Houffalize Tourist Office
• The famous Carnaval du Soleil (first weekend of August)

Sommerain (2 km away)

• Riding school at the Ferme Équestre des Monts

Achouffe (5 km away)

• The brewery behind the famous La Chouffe beer – Achouffe 32, 6666 Achouffe – www.achouffe.be

Bastogne (15 km away) – www.bastogne.be

• Cinema
• Museums (Historical Center, the Mardasson, Animalaine, musée Mathelin, musée en Piconrue…)

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (border 10 km away)

• Shopping at the Knauf Center: shopping centre (over 60 shops) – 3 Op d’Schmett, 9964 Ulflingen, Luxembourg – +352 97 97 33 – www.knaufshopping.lu
• Indoor play centre (Mared Indoor) – Quartier des Artisans, 6672 Gouvy – +32 80 51 04 10 – www.mared-indoor.be
• Many castles and churches
• Good prices on petrol and diesel

Nisramont (15 km away)

• Nisramont lake and dam – +32 84 41 19 00

Baraque de Fraiture (20 km away)

• Ski slopes (cross-country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing, sledging…) – Fraiture 6, 6690 Vielsalm – +32 80 41 88 78 – www.ski-baraque.be

La Roche-en-Ardenne (35 km away) – www.la-roche-en-ardenne.be

• The feudal castle
• Museums (pottery, the Battle of the Bulge, flour milling)